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🌱 Downtown-area rezoning heads to Smithville aldermen without planners' support

Smithville, Tennessee Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Downtown-area rezoning heads to Smithville aldermen without planners' support
  • Music meets movement in Smithville's upcoming Drums Alive classes
  • Smithville honors veterans today with music and a courthouse wreath ceremony

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Beautiful with periods of sun, with a high of 69 and low of 46 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with a passing shower, temps: high: 54, low: 33.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning; cloudy, with a high of 47 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Smithville Planning Commission Recommends Mayor and Aldermen Deny Rezoning Request (wjle.com) — A proposal to allow commercial development at 114 Calhoun Street and 308 South Third Street faces unanimous opposition from Smithville's planning commission. Applicant Greg Eatherly has no specific development plan, and a neighboring resident objected. The mayor and aldermen will consider the request next, with a public hearing required if it passes first reading.
   

• UT Extension is offering Drums Alive classes (wjle.com) — UT Extension is bringing music-and-movement exercise classes to Smithville's county complex, with an open-to-everyone session advertised to start November 16. A separate December class welcomes adults with special needs and their caregivers. The announcement gives conflicting dates and weekdays, so participants should confirm the schedule with Mykaela Young at 615-597-4945.
   

• Community Veterans Day Observance Wednesday, November 11 (wjle.com) — Smithville's Veterans Day observance takes place today at the county complex, with music beginning at 9 a.m. and American Legion Post #122 Commander Carlton Miller delivering the keynote at 10:30. Veterans will lay a wreath at the courthouse memorial at 11, followed by lunch for veterans, their families and program participants.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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